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SCA: security update for electron (GHSA-gvcj-pfq2-wxj7)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 423345

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - Untrusted search path vulnerability in Atom Electron before 0.33.5 allows local users to gain privileges
 via a Trojan horse Node.js module in a parent directory of a directory named on a require line.
 (CVE-2016-1202)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gvcj-pfq2-wxj7

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 423345

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/29/2025

Updated: 1/27/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-1202

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/24/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/22/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-1202

BID: 87158

cwe: CWE-426